The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 331 - 143: The Situation in Japan

Chapter 331: Chapter 143: The Situation in Japan

Qing Yu did not head directly back to his residence because he had noticed that two sneaky people had followed him.

These two individuals had started tailing Qing Yu right after he left the stall. They thought their tracking skills were excellent and that Qing Yu had not detected them, yet they were unaware that not only had Qing Yu noticed them, but he also used the Power of Thought to conjure their images in his mind.

If Qing Yu was not mistaken, these must be the ninjas sent by the man who claimed to be "Ping Er" from Japan. Landing on the ball of the foot before the heel, they reduced the sound of footsteps to an extreme minimum.

Such a method of movement, similar to that of a thief, was a habitual action of Japanese ninjas.

Qing Yu, who had clashed with Japanese ninjas before, knew this to be an ingrained habit of theirs.

Merely sharing a table with Feng Jiu had attracted the inquiry of ninjas, indicating that the Japanese were likely to stand against Mountain River Academy in the upcoming struggle.

It was highly possible that these Japanese were invited by the Esoteric Sect. The Esoteric Sect, having been defeated by the Zen Sect in the past, had fled overseas. Conveniently, Japan was situated overseas.

If one were to say that over these many years, Japan and the Esoteric Sect, sharing the same exile overseas, had no interactions, Qing Yu would never believe it.

Moreover, when Esoteric Sect monks had entered the Central Plains in complete silence without alerting anyone; if it were not for their tracks being exposed later, the world would still be unaware that this Buddhist Great Sect, which had fled overseas hundreds of years ago, had quietly returned.

After Qing Yu learned of this, he even thought the Esoteric Sect monks might have flown directly to the Central Plains through levitation. Indeed, if warriors at the Divinity Realm were really unconcerned about losing face by serving as transportation, it would not be impossible.

However, looking at the current situation, it is highly likely that these Esoteric Sect monks arrived on the Japanese merchant ships that were allowed passage by Xie Lang who had opened the "door of convenience" in the past.

Qing Yu effortlessly unraveled the cooperation between the Japanese and the Esoteric Sect, as well as how the Esoteric Sect previously entered the Central Plains. These were all nagging doubts accumulated in his heart, laden with suspicions, yet he had always lacked a key to resolve them.

Today, the uninvited Ping Er provided that very key, helping Qing Yu to solve these puzzles. It must be said, Ping Er was a good person.

Clearing up past doubts in his mind, Qing Yu quickened his pace and headed towards another direction.

The two ninjas behind him followed seamlessly.

However, as Qing Yu advanced, the streets through which he walked became increasingly deserted. Finally, Qing Yu entered a street that could be considered a landmark of the Divine Capital—Tianyue Workshop.

In the early morning, Tianyue Workshop was nowhere near as bustling as it was at night. The streets were almost empty in stark contrast to the night.

During the early hours, the patrons who had stayed overnight were still immersed in their pleasurable stay, not yet awakened. Recently, with the nobility and powerful families laying low and collectively leaving the Divine Capital, Tianyue Workshop had become significantly quieter.

Otherwise, even in the early morning, a few henpecked husbands would quietly slip out to sneak home ahead of time.

After entering Tianyue Workshop, Qing Yu suddenly turned into a small alley and disappeared from view.

Upon seeing this, the two ninjas exchanged a glance, pulled out the small katanas hidden in their chests, and, hunching their bodies, stealthily and silently edged along the walls into the alley.

But the moment they set foot in the mouth of the alley, a figure unfolded like a painting, gradually revealing its form from top to bottom.

The emergence of this figure was so silent that even the stealthy ninjas did not notice when it had positioned itself behind them.

Also, under the influence of the Power of Thought, the two ninjas, despite being sideways as they entered the alley, had no inclination to look back, focusing solely on moving slowly into the alley’s interior.

Qing Yu watched as the two completely unaware ninjas raised his right hand slowly, and strands of black fog began to seep out from his hand, enveloping the two men.

By the time the black fog entangled the ninjas, they realized that the enemy had unknowingly positioned behind them, but it was already too late.

This black fog was named ’Mysterious Ghost Fog,’ extremely insidious in effect; anyone who touched it or inhaled even a trace of it would instantly have the ’Circulating Water Energy’ attached to the fog seep into their bodies, making life and death beyond their control thereafter.

And like this...

Qing Yu hooked his fingers slightly, and the ’Circulating Water Energy’ attached to their blood, directing the blood flow backwards and piercing straight into their hearts. The two ninjas were trained professionals, yet they could not endure such torturous pain.

After all, humans have a threshold for pain tolerance, even those who underwent special training. Not to mention, Qing Yu, well-versed in medical knowledge, deliberately stimulated their acupoints with True Qi and their nerves with spiritual power to awaken their numb pain nerves, making them more sensitive and enduring multiple folds of pain.

Under immense agony spreading through their bodies, the two ninjas’ consciousnesses blurred from instinctual self-protection and were rendered uncontrollable. It was during this moment that an invisible Power of Thought invaded, breaching the defenses of the ninjas’ hearts.

Simultaneously, Qing Yu pressed his hands against their heads, and a purple radiance permeated their minds, searching their memories.

"Mind Reading Technique."

A form of Yin Yang Technique, named Mind Reading, it was more akin to Soul Search because this technique could only be performed by pressing on the subject’s head and could not silently read someone’s thoughts.

In an instant, the origins of the two ninjas, Ping Er’s real Name, the situation in Japan, the cooperation between the Esoteric Sect and Japan...

Such memories were absorbed by Qing Yu, who, with experience in absorbing Martial Arts Enlightenment, easily sorted the memories of the two men—discarding the useless and categorizing the useful for digestion.

Although the two ninjas were merely low-ranked and ignorant of the high-level plans, even these memories that were common knowledge in Japan provided Qing Yu with profound insights.

After a short time, all the readable memories had been extracted. The two ninjas, due to Qing Yu’s brutal memory ransacking, died with blood oozing from their seven orifices.

"Thump—"

Qing Yu released his hands, and the two bodies slowly fell to the ground.

"So it is, so it is, Japan is in such a state..." Qing Yu, unconcerned with the blood he accidentally stained on his hands, muttered to himself.

They could not blame him for being shocked—Japan’s current state was indeed astonishing; Qing Yu had never imagined that the situation would be what it was.

The Esoteric Sect and Japan, their relationship turned out to be much closer than imagined.

"How fortunate, these two ninjas belonged to the Hattori Family—a family of the ninja god—with no restrictions set; otherwise, I might not have been able to understand Japan’s current state and learn such secrets. Haha."

"Ping Er, oh Ping Er, you are indeed a great person..."

Amid soft laughter, the blood on Qing Yu’s hands was washed away by the True Qi. He leaped onto a building beside the alley, and, with a few swift movements, vanished without a trace.

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